The taxes you mentioned are really only triggered by a sale. 

I've been looking to get into real estate investing for some time now but I'm ready to finally pull the trigger.

For example, when you try to do the same with a 401k plan, a 20% federal tax has to be submitted to the Department of the treasury by the 401k provider even if you later want to rollover the amount distributed back to the 401(k) plan, and in order to take such distribution, a triggering event has to be satisfied.

in 2010 I even went to FL to look at some properties bun never pulled the trigger and have been reluctant ever sense. 

I've been doing research/training/analysis for about a year and a half now and finally decided to pull the trigger of buying my first investment property. 

And in every case the 1031 was not the audit trigger. - Good motivation to keep your nose clean otherwise!

This property still has Mortgage Balance so I am aware of the Due-on-Sale clause may get triggered by the bank.

Recently I've decided to pull the trigger and commit.

Hello,My name is Steven and I've had interest in real estate for awhile but never pulled the trigger thinking I needed a decent amount of cash to get started.

I am looking at buying my first property, but before I pull the trigger I want to make sure that I check and ask all my questions.